I saw one of Matt Fraser’s televised special and remember being in awe of him and his abilities so I was really looking forward to learning more. This book is a wonderful introduction to Matt and learning about his abilities, such as how old he was when he first became aware of seeing/hearing from people/family members who have died, what he has learned from the people who have passed and what “heaven” is like. I feel like a good amount of my questions were answered and yet….
All in all, I found this book to be very interesting and informative. I thank Netgalley and Gallery Books for the opportunity to read and review this book.

I loved the book. I just don't think Matt should have been the one narrating the book. That's my only complaint.

I really enjoyed this book. The author really made me believe in mediums where I had been skeptical before. He does tell you what to look for when searching for a medium because there are fakes out there.
Mr. Fraser gave examples of how you may be able to tell if a loved one who has passed away is present. I have experienced some of these and really do believe that Mr. Fraser is a genuine medium. Would love to attend one of his readings.
Highly recommend this book.

My husband of 35 years, my soulmate, died two and a half years ago. I found Matt Fraser's personal experiences connecting with the spirit of loved ones who have crossed to the other side extremely comforting. I started to read this book as someone slightly skeptical of anyone's ability to get messages from spirits, but Matt managed to convince me. I appreciated Matt's words of warning regarding mediums who can be unscrupulous. I was comforted by Matt's assurances that spirits want us to continue to live a purposeful and happy life and that we can still ask and receive help from them.

Matt's coaching on creating a vision board, on possitive affirmations, on daily gratitude were all things I know sets a person up for happiness. Matt did an excellent job outlining how to do these activities and illuminating the benefits.

I thank Simon and Schuster, Inc., Gallery Books, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an early copy of Matt's book.

Maybe I was expecting something different from this book. It was not what I expected. The book was just an ok read. Dragged in places and for me, some of the questions he answered were “eh”. Nothing really gripping in this book. Thanks to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for the arc of this book in return for my review. Receiving the book in this manner had no bearing on this review.

This book is chockfull of reassuring information from this well-known medium. He includes not only information about the afterlife, but also wise advice on how to live your best life here and now.

I suspect that this book will mostly have one star reviews and five star reviews, with not much in the middle. If you want to believe all that Fraser says, you're going to love the book. It's nothing but sunshine and rainbows. Everything works out after you die. Your loved ones are always with you. They've lost all of the bad things about themselves. They forgive everything. They can help you from heaven. There are no bad spirits to worry about as long as you don't use Ouija boards and invite them in. You'll be the perfect version of yourself after you die. It doesn't matter what religion you are. Everything is perfect.

Fraser fills the book with stories of people he supposedly gave readings to and the spirits who basically show up every other minute with precise details about the people he's talking to. I was curious about him so I looked him up and this didn't actually gel with what one skeptic reported who went to one of his shows with a few others trying to out him as a fraud (they were 6 of 1,000 in the crowd and he didn't single them out for anything so it was a bust in that way). That attendee reported that he mostly did classic cold reading tricks where he did things like ask one row of people to stand up and said he saw a "father figure" around the area and asked if the number three meant anything to anyone. It would be pretty hard not to get a taker with stuff like that.

Fraser is young (30) and writes like a young man. He talks about making a vision board where he specifically wanted to marry a pageant queen from Rhode Island 🙄 and how he got his wish (the first Miss Rhode Island was a dud but he married the second one he met). He basically came off like a charming, slightly slimy con man to me, but I have to admit that I'd love it if his utopian after-world were true. Ultimately, he didn't convince me though.

I read a digital ARC of this book for review.